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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christian Almkvist kicked off to start the match. In the 9th minute, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Saul Roman dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 15th match minute, C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pol Petton to maneuver through the defense. 17 minutes into the game, Macos Graciani threw the ball into play from the sideline. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Montay Pena quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Christian Almkvist. But to his dismay, Christian Almkvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Alberto Tafalla succeeded in the game's 22nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Almkvist in the 25th minute of play. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Giorgio March tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Christian Almkvist had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christian Almkvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 47th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Gaona was the one to do the kick off. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Giorgio March played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 51st minute of play. Alberto Tafalla's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 51stth minute, Giorgio March skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 57 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giorgio March. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christian Almkvist in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Almkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bonifacio Abascal in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Macos Graciani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Keno Cantona was substituted for Bonifacio Abascal. C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07's Victor Unesson was substituted for Alvar Llinares. Macos Graciani hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mexico fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 69th minute. Penalty! In the 70th minute, Saul Roman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.Atl.Torre Monreal 07 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. 73 minutes in the game Macos Graciani did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Alberto Tafalla. In the 79th minute, Alessandro Del Piero made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-2. In the 84th minute Saul Roman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saul Roman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. Montay Pena kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a free kick in the 98th minute.